Fabricated structural metal manufacturing · Kentucky

HEC Mfg

Bardsdtown, KY · ~45 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
6.2
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

HEC Mfg runs at 187% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fabricated structural metal manufacturing workplace, earning a grade D.

HEC Mfg: 6.2 TCR = 187% of Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS 3.3 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

HEC Mfg safety composite

HEC Mfg scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 82% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 35%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

55/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 6.16 per 100 workers

Safer than 35% of industry peers

DART rate
B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 82% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

HEC Mfg: 7.2 → 7.7 TCR

Peak year 2021 @ 12.9 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024

HEC Mfg's TCR rose 0.5 from 7.2 in 2017 to 7.7 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2021 at 12.9 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 332312 · Bardsdtown, KY ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 6.2 · 187% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #12/21
  • PHOTO LCI - 029
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 21 inj
  • SIZE ~45 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: LCI - 029 (0.0 TCR gap)

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HEC Mfg in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows HEC Mfg averages 6.2 TCR (187% of the Fabricated structural metal manufacturing BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

HEC Mfg TCR series: 2017=7.2 · 2020=0.1 · 2021=12.9 · 2023=3 · 2024=7.7 · BLS 3.3

Where HEC Mfg falls in its industry

1,491 Fabricated structural metal ma establishments

Safer than 35% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 4.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Kentucky alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #12 safest of 21 Fabricated structural metal ma employers in Kentucky.

HEC Mfg (45 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 0100200300400 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate HEC Mfg
HEC Mfg (45 employees, TCR 6.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 4.6

HEC Mfg has fewer employees than the Fabricated structural metal manufacturin median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 4.6. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2024 7.7 0.0 4 0 0
2023 3.0 3.0 2 0 0
2021 12.9 0.0 6 0 0
2020 0.1 0.0 6 0 0
2017 7.2 0.0 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

332312 · KY · Bardsdtown

1,491 Fabricated structural metal manufacturing employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,805 rated employers in Kentucky with headcount on file · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR LCI - 029 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR BUILDERS IRON, INC. 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Peak Steel LLC 6.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Regional Erectors, Inc. 6.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE Hatchery 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE PMI Field 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE CLAYTON WATKINS CONSTRUCTION CO INC 45 FTE
STATE-SIZE Western Kentucky Construction 45 FTE
NAT-TCR Mission Trail Waste Systems 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Lci - 029 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Valley Sales, Inc 6.2 TCR
NAT-TCR Merit Framing 6.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE ICC Channahon 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Salt Lake City 2810 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Rosemead 45 FTE
NAT-SIZE Fairbanks AK Yard 45 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.